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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
30 June 2014
The rise and fall of privacy injunctions
In May 2011 a committee chaired by the Master of the Rolls published its report “Super Injunctions, Anonymised Injunctions and Open Justice” as a result of concerns around the growth of the use of super-injunctions and the increasing frequency with which High Court proceedings concerning the misuse of private of information were being anonymised.
27 June 2014
Legal Update: The Court of Appeal limits the presumption of undue influence
If, in a contract, undue influence is proved, the contract is voidable by the innocent party. There are two potential pathways to a decision: actual undue influence or presumed undue influence.
25 June 2014
Legal Update: The Supreme Court rules on religious doctrine in trust dispute
In the case of Shergill & Ors v Khaira & Ors [2014] UKSC 33, The Supreme Court discussed the approach to be taken to cases raising non-justiciable issues, and the approach to cases raising questions of religious doctrine.
24 June 2014
Online abuse - when is it a crime?
Yesterday, the BBC stated that complaints originating from social media make up "at least half" of calls passed on to front-line police officers.
9 June 2014
Case update: Relief from sanction granted for failure to file cost budget on time
In the case of Bari and others v Alternative Finance Ltd and another (2014), the High Court has granted relief from sanction for late filing of a costs budget, but ordered the claimant to pay indemnity costs for its failure.
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